Niloofar Hashempour
| - Doctoral Researcher,
- Senior Researcher
Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)
nilhas@utu.fi
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
Turku
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Neuroimaging, brain development, MRI, DTI, brain segmentation, prenatal stress and psychiatry.
- Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and mean diffusivity of the hippocampus and amygdala in infants (2025)
- International Journal of Obesity
Rosberg, Aylin; Merisaari, Harri; Lewis, John D.; Hashempour, Niloofar; Lukkarinen, Minna; Rasmussen, Jerod M.; Scheinin, Noora M.; Karlsson, Linnea; Karlsson, Hasse; Tuulari, Jetro J.
- Pre- and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms associated with local connectivity of the left amygdala in 5-year-olds (2025) Vartiainen, Elena; Copeland, Anni; Pulli, Elmo P.; Kumpulainen, Venla; Silver, Eero; Rajasilta, Olli; Jolly, Ashmeet; Luotonen, Silja; Audah, Hilyatushalihah K.; Hashempour, Niloofar; Bano, Wajiha; Suuronen, Ilkka; Saukko, Ekaterina; Häkkinen, Suvi; Karlsson, Hasse; Karlsson, Linnea; Tuulari, Jetro J.
- The FinnBrain multimodal neonatal template and atlas collection (2025) Tuulari Jetro J.; Rosberg Aylin; Pulli Elmo P.; Hashempour Niloofar; Ukharova Elena; Lidauer Kristian; Jolly Ashmeet; Luotonen Silja; Audah Hilyatushalihah K.; Vartiainen Elena; Bano Wajiha; Suuronen Ilkka; Mariani Wigley Isabella L. C.; Fonov Vladimir S.; Collins D. Louis; Merisaari Harri; Karlsson Linnea; Karlsson Hasse; Lewis John D.
- Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and infant striatal mean diffusivity (2024) Rosberg Aylin, Merisaari Harri, Lewis John D, Hashempour Niloofar, Lukkarinen Minna, Rasmussen Jerod M, Scheinin Noora M, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J
- Child brain development: exploring prenatal impacts and emotional perception through advanced neuroimaging – Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort MRI Study (2024) Hashempour, Niloofar
- Association of cumulative prenatal adversity with infant subcortical structure volumes and child problem behavior and its moderation by a coexpression polygenic risk score of the serotonin system (2023)
- Development and Psychopathology
Acosta Henriette, Kantojärvi Katri, Tuulari Jetro J, Lewis John D, Hashempour Niloofar, Scheinin Noora M, Lehtola Satu J, Nolvi Saara, Fonov Vladimir S, Collins D Louis, Evans Alan C, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Saunavaara Jani, Merisaari Harri, Karlsson Linnea, Paunio Tiina, Karlsson Hasse
- Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms are associated with neonatal left amygdala microstructure in a sex-dependent way (2023)
- European Journal of Neuroscience
Hashempour N, Tuulari JJ, Merisaari H, Acosta H, Lewis JD, Pelto J, Scheinin NM, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Lehtola SJ, Saunavaara J, Lähdesmäki T, Parkkola R, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
- Inclusion into academic life: a guide for peer support groups in higher education (2022) Lundqvist Kia, Mäkinen Johanna, Hashempour Niloofar, Piątek Katarzyna, Mäenpää Pirkko, Halttunen Timo
- Sex-specific associations between maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety and newborn amygdalar volumes-preliminary findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022) Lehtola Satu J., Tuulari Jetro J., Karlsson Linnea, Lewis John D., Fonov Vladimir S., Collins Louis, Parkkola Riitta, Saunavaara Jani, Hashempour Niloofar, Pelto Juho, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Scheinin Noora M., Karlsson Hasse
- Subcortical and hippocampal brain segmentation in 5-year-old children: Validation of FSL-FIRST and FreeSurfer against manual segmentation (2022)
- European Journal of Neuroscience
Lidauer Kristian, Pulli Elmo P., Copeland Anni, Silver Eero, Kumpulainen Venla, Hashempour Niloofar, Merisaari Harri, Saunavaara Jani, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Saukko Ekaterina, Nolvi Saara, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J.
- A variation in the infant oxytocin receptor gene modulates infant hippocampal volumes in association with sex and prenatal maternal anxiety (2021)
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Acosta Henriette, Tuulari Jetro J, Kantojärvi Katri, Lewis John D, Hashempour Niloofar, Scheinin Noora M, Lehtola Satu J, Fonov Vladimir S, Collins Donald Louis, Evans Alan, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Saunavaara Jani, Merisaari Harri, Karlsson Linnea, Paunio Tiina, Karlsson Hasse
- Neonatal Amygdala Volumes and the Development of Self-Regulation from Early Infancy to Toddlerhood (2021) Nolvi Saara, Tuulari Jetro J., Pelto Juho, Bridgett David J., Eskola Eeva, Lehtola Satu J., Hashempour Niloofar, Korja Riikka, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Saunavaara Jani, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Scheinin Noora M., Fernandes Michelle, Karlsson Linnea, Lewis John D., Fonov Vladimir S., Collins D. Louis, Karlsson Hasse
- Newborn amygdalar volumes are associated with maternal prenatal psychological distress in a sex-dependent way (2020) Satu J Lehtola, Jetro J Tuulari, Noora M Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Riitta Parkkola, Harri Merisaari, John D Lewis, Vladimir S Fonov, D.Louis Collins, Alan Evans, Jani Saunavaara, Niloofar Hashempour, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Henriette Acosta, Hasse Karlsson
- Newborn left amygdala volume associates with attention disengagement from fearful faces at eight months (2020)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Tuulari Jetro J., Kataja Eeva-Leena, Leppänen Jukka M., Lewis John D., Nolvi Saara, Häikiö Tuomo, Lehtola Satu J., Hashempour Niloofar, Saunavaara Jani, Scheinin Noora M., Korja Riikka, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse
- Partial Support for an Interaction Between a Polygenic Risk Score for Major Depressive Disorder and Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Infant Right Amygdalar Volumes (2020) Acosta H, Kantojärvi K, Hashempour N, Pelto J, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Lewis JD, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lähdesmäki T, Saunavaara J, Karlsson L, Merisaari H, Karlsson H, Paunio T, Tuulari JJ
- Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms are associated with smaller amygdalar volumes of four-year-old children (2020)
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Acosta H, Tuulari JJ, Scheinin NM, Hashempour N, Rajasilta O, Lavonius TI, Pelto J, Saunavaara V, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
- Sex-specific association between infant caudate volumes and a polygenic risk score for major depressive disorder (2020)
- Journal of Neuroscience Research
Acosta H, Kantojarvi K, Tuulari JJ, Lewis JD, Hashempour N, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Saunavaara J, Merisaari H, Karlsson L, Paunio T, Karlsson H, Karlsson H
- A Novel Approach for Manual Segmentation of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in Neonate MRI (2019)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
Niloofar Hashempour, Jetro J. Tuulari, Harri Merisaari, Kristian Lidauer, Iiris Luukkonen, Jani Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Satu J. Lehtola, Maria Keskinen, John D. Lewis, Noora M. Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
- Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children (2019)
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Henriette Acosta, Jetro J. Tuulari, Noora M. Scheinin, Niloofar Hashempour, Olli Rajasilta, Tuomas I. Lavonius, Juho Pelto, Virva Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
